The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-01-29
INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL.
Salient Points Of the Bill Passed By Senate
And House.


State commerce bill, as agreed |
upon by both Houses of Congress,
in its first section applies the pro-
visions of this act to any common
carrier engaged in the transpOrta-
tion of passengers wholly by rail
road and partly by water, when
both are used under a common
control, management or arrange.
ment, through more than one State
or Territory, or from any place in
the United States 30 any adjacent
foreign country. 1t defines the
term RAILROAD to include all brid.
ges and ferries used or operated
by any railroad. All charges made
for any service rendered in the
transportation of passengers or
property shall be reasonable and
just, aud every unjust and unrea-
sonable charge for such service is
prohibited and declared to be un-
lawful.
Section 2 makes it unlawful for
any common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act, to charge,
demand, collect or receive, direct
ly or indirectly, from any person
or persons, a greater or less com.
pensation for any service rendered
in the transportation of passen-
gers or property than it charges,
demands, collects or receives from
any other person or persons for
doing him or them like and con.
temporaneous service in the trans.
portation of like kind of traffic
under substantially similar circum.
stances and conditions.
Section 3 makes it unlawful for
any common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act, to make or
give any undue or unreasonable
preference or advantage to any
particular person, company, firm,
corporation or locality, or any par
ticular description OF traffic. Every
common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act, shall accor'
ding to their respective powers
afford all reasonable, proper and
equal facilities for the interchange
Of traffic between their respective
lines, and for the receiving, for
warding and delivering of passen'
gers to and from their several
lines and those connecting there
with, and shall not discriminate in
their rates and charges between
such connecting lines.
Sections A and 5 Qhe long and
short hauls and pooling sections
are as follows:
Section A. That it shall be un
lawful for any common carrier
subject to the provisions of this
act, to charge or receive any great
er compensation in the aggregate
} for the transportation of passen
gers, or of like kind of property
under substantially similar circum
stances aud conditions, for shor
ter than for u longer distance
over the same line, in the same di
rection, the shorter being included
within the longer distance; bul
this shall not be construed as au
th0rlzlng any common carrier
within the terms of this act, tC
charge and receive as great com
pensation for a shorter as for
longer distance; provided, how
ever, that upon application to th,
Commission appointed under the
provisions of this act, such com
r mon carriers may in special cases
/ after investigation by the Com
! mission, be authorized to charge
, less for longer than for shorter
a distances for the transportation o
. passengers or property; and thu
/. Commission may from time II
a time prescribe the extent to whicl
!. such designated common carrle
a may be relieved from the opera
/. tions of this section of this act.
;. Section 8. That it shall be un
t lawful for any common carrier sui
ject to the provisions of this act
4 to enter into any contract, agre,
4 ment or combination with an
4 other common carrier or carrier
:. for the pooling of freight of di
3 ferent and competing railroads
,. or to divide between them the az
y gregate or net proceeds of tn
a earning Of such railroads, or an
r. portion thereof; and in any cas-
If of all agreement for the pooling {
10 freights, as aforesaid, each day {
r. its continuance shall be deemed
n separate offehse.
70 Section 6 requires that aftC
a ninety days from the passage
le the act every common carrier SUI
m ject to its provisions shall hay
to printed and keep for public inspe
Br ton schedules showing rate
le fares and charges, and in additiC
s. to requiring the railroads to gi,